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As most of you know your Board has been very busy this past year with re-incorporating the club properly, updating the by-laws, setting up policies and procedures and going through extensive training with our corporate counsel. It’s been very long hours but well worth every minute to ensure our club is set-up properly. We also took back our original logo with the Blue and Red Diamond in keeping with the original USARM Logo.

Through all our actions we have made some changes to help ensure every USARM Member has a clear path to follow when dealing with any situation that arises.

We will be having a General Membership meeting on Friday night at the Moto-GP at the end of the day. We will be doing a vote on the by-laws to either accept them or to take them back to the drawing board and revamp them if necessary. Since the documents are long and detailed at times please take some time now to review them. If you have questions or concerns about any of the documentation please drop a note to us at directors@usarm.org. We will all review your inquiry and will respond in a very short period of time. We would like to address all those issues prior to the race weekend to save time at the meeting so please take some time soon to review everything.

There is now a revised (July 13, 2010) schedule for the 2010 USGP at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. You can view or download it at your convenience.

The MotoGP worker list is full. If you send in an application now you will be put on the waiting list. Your membership will not be processed and the check will not be deposited until you are placed on the worker list. The event applications will be added to the waiting list in the order they are received and then bumped from the wait list to the worker list as openings become available. If you don't get to work the race your check for dues will be returned. There have already been some cancellations and folks have been added to the worker list.

Due to the fact that there were some problems with either the form or the addresses being used before, we've changed things to contact us about MotoGP camping. There is an updated email address for sending your information about cornerworker camping at the MotoGP.

UPDATE (June 8, 2010) : Due to the fact USARM is still working out some details about registration and confirming gate schedules, etc. the hard copy confirmation letters have not gone out and won't for a couple of weeks. If you are on the worker list and have received your email confirmation, relax; the confirmation letter will be coming soon. One thing that everyone needs to know and remember about your hard copy confirmation letter is that you MUST have your confirmation letter with you in order to be able to come through the gate to get to worker registration to get your passes. Your confirmation letter will be matched by it's number against the worker registration list which has the worker names and matching numbers. Don't forget your confirmation letter when you come to the track, it's the only way you can get through the main gate and to worker registration.

E-mail confirmations have been sent out. If your name is on the worker list and you have not gotten an email confirmation, please check your SPAM folder. If your name just got placed on the worker list, you should get an email confirmation soon. If your junk/spam e-mail settings are high, the confirmation might have gotten placed in your spam folder, please check your spam folder.

There also could be other reasons you did not receive an e-mail confirmation :
1. You did not pay your membership dues
2. If you are a new worker and did not reply back to Ted after reading the "new worker info" e-mail he sent you. All new workers got one.
3. You did not list an e-mail address on your MotoGP application. It will come snail mail.

There were almost 40 folks that withdrew from being able to work the event in the weeks leading up to the event last year. So, if you get placed on the waiting list, you still could very likely work the event. Especially if you are one of the first on the list.

If you are signed up to work the event and find that you won't be able to work it, please let Ted know as soon as possible so he can get someone to take your place and that person can make plans to come work the event.

We have created a US MotoGP training page which has links to our manual, handouts, presentations and videos. Everyone should take a look at the information offered, especially the newer folks that have either just joined or only have a year or two of experience working corners.

A couple of new pages have been added that deal with training and information. Some of the training articles that have been published in the Grid have been put on a separate page so that they are easier to find. A hand signals page has also been created. So all you veteran workers go review them and the folks that are new to this corner working gig can go study it so that you understand what someone is trying to tell you at the track when they drop their hand by their side, point towards the ground and make a circular motion. This and many other hand signals can be found there. Please don't forget to review the USARM manual to clarify any questions you might have about working at the track and to learn what to do so that we can do the professional job that's come to be expected from us.


The USARM Board Meeting minutes for February 2010 are now available.


Welcome to the United States Auto Race Marshals(USARM) home page! We are proud to be the only provider of professional race marshals for the United States Moto Grand Prix, held every year at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca, California. With more than 300+ active corner marshals in the State of California. We can help your group or club take its racing to the next professional level. Providing you with the safest conditions monitoring that only USARM pro race marshals can deliver. We are second to none in the auto race marshal industry.

You will find USARM already provides control workers, grid personnel, corner marshals, flaggers and top notch racing communicators at most professional race venues. Such as Infineon Raceway(Sears Point), Laguna Seca, Willow Springs, Thunderhill, Onterio Speedway and many, many more. Our event managers are recognized as some of the best in the business. At United States Auto Race Marshals you can rent professional grade marshaling equipment for any size event at an affordable rate.

Our highly regarded team of professionals are ready to step up and provide you with all the specifics to safely run your sessions. With literally hundreds of years of combined experience you will always get the best from USARM.




Happy New Year and Welcome back Race Fans!

USARM had the pleasure of signing ChumpCar World Series Racing onto our 2010 calendar.

They are a brand new affordable racing group that started in Portland, OR this last December.

Their rules and schedule are listed at www.chumpcar.com. They have over 20 races across the U.S. and Canada on the books this year.

Basically, all that's required is a car valued at $500 or less, not including the required safety equipment and a minimum of 4 drivers per team. A lot of teams had a theme and dressed and decorated accordingly. It made me laugh. To see these cars and their getups was so refreshing. They raced their hearts out. What a hoot!

Everybody was so nice to us. They fed us dinner and breakfast. With a skeleton crew, we rotated 2 shifts twice at the Streets of Willow. The weather couldn't have been better. It did get down to 31 degrees at night, but had no wind. Turn Workers were allowed to sit in their cars out on the turns in safe locations for the night shift and use the light system for yellow or red flags on the short course. Then back to normal course and minimal flags during the day. It all went great.

There are short clips and photos on U Tube, along with a little twittering and everyone was kept in the loop.

Our next event with ChumpCar is July 10-11, 2010 at Auto Club Speedway.

I enjoyed every minute and encourage you to see them. Very entertaining.

Yours in Racing,

Chris Vlastelica
Director USARM, Inc.


USARM would like to welcome our new and returning professional marshals for the 2010 race season. You will find membership applications in a couple different formats on the applications page.


We are proud to announce that we have a new website for members only, https://www.usarm.net/. This website is for USARM members to be able to renew their memberships and update their contact & medical information, etc. You can also pay for your membership via PayPal when you renew. You choose whether your email, phone numbers, mailing address is displayed or if all three can be displayed. Only registered and confirmed USARM members will be allowed in to the password protected areas of this website so you don't have to worry about just anyone being able to view your information. Your information is also available to the BoD, Committee chairpersons.


Safety is always a priority for our workers at USARM. Training to educate our workers has been a topic of discussion at many of the board of directors meetings this year. Safety not only for the racer on course but for you, the workers on course. This is why we provide educational material for you to learn from; to be the safest worker you can be out on the track. Without you the race does not happen, you are the most important part of this corporation (maybe club instead of corp.) and we want to have an injury free 2010 race season. So take a moment to read the following message about safety from your 2009 - 2010 USARM safety committee.

Minutes of the board meetings are now available for all members to review: BOD meeting minutes

If you have any comments, suggestions or concerns you may contact the board directly.

Have a great year! We look forward to seeing you out on the track!

If you're interested in joining USARM or would like USARM to help you staff a track event, feel free to contact us. We can also be reached at Post Office Box 127 Gilroy, CA 95021

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